The Last Confederate General

Posted on 23 September 2017 by Charles Larry Gordon

John Crawford Vaughn was one of the most famous men in Tennessee in the mid nineteenth century He was the first man to raise an infantry regiment in the state and one of the very last Confederate generals to surrender History has not been kind to Vaughn, who finally emerges from the shadows in this absorbing assessment of his life and military career Making use of recent research and new information, Larry Gordon s biography follows Vaughn to Manassas, Vicksburg and other crucial battles it shows him as a close friend of Jefferson Davis, and Davis s escort during the final month of the war And it considers his importance as one of the few Confederate generals to return to Tennessee after Reconstruction, where he became President of the State Senate Gordon examines Vaughn s hitherto unknown location on the field of crucial battles his multiple wounds the fact that his wife and family, captured by Union soldiers, were the only family members of a Confederate general incarcerated as hostages during the Civil War and the effect of this knowledge on his performance as a military commander Finally, the book is as valuable for its view of this little understood figure as it is for the light it casts on the culture of his day. Read The Last Confederate General By Charles Larry Gordon – kino-fada.fr Of the hundreds of American Civil War generals John C Vaughn was not on the first string and was not really in the Army of Virginia From Eastern Tennessee he commanded its cavalry in numerous engagements including the First Battle of Bull Run This work traces his life and career both in and out of ...This was a very unique read from several angles and the ways it hits you, from first impression to the final page it is also unique First I was drawn to the book by its simple and elegant cover, but upon opening it up for a glance the small type, a lot of pages and maps, it made me wonder what I was getting into I started the book and was surprised that I was engrossed enough not to have noticed three hours had ela...The title refers to John C Vaughn commanding a cavalry brigade that escorted Jefferson Davis into Georgia before Davis dismissed his escorts Davis was subsequently captured by Union cavalry Vaughn was a native of East Tennessee, a region that had a sizeable portion of its population support the Union and often had brutal actions committed by both sides Vaughn s family was captured 3 times during the...

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23 September 2017

Charles Larry Gordon